## GIFTS RECEIVED

### BY SPECIAL ADVISERS

| Date gift received | From | Description of Gift | Outcome | |--------------------|---------------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------| | 17 December | Starbucks | Box of seasonal coffee | Retained by the Special Adviser | | 10 October | Channel 4 | DVD | Retained by the Special Adviser | | 08 November | Channel 4 | DVD | Retained by the Special Adviser | | 15 November | Channel 4 | DVD | Retained by the Special Adviser | | 18 November | Ginetta | Scarf | Held by the department | | 17 December | Starbucks | Box of seasonal coffee | Retained by the Special Adviser |

### Emily Walch

| Date of hospitality | Name of organisation | Type of hospitality received | |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------------| | 04 October | Bank of England | Lunch |

### Nick Hillman

| Date of hospitality | Name of organisation | Type of hospitality received | |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------------| | Nil return | | |

### James Wild

| Date of hospitality | Name of organisation | Type of hospitality received | |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------------| | Nil return | | |

## HOSPITALITY RECEIVED

### BY SPECIAL ADVISERS

| Date of hospitality | Name of organisation | Type of hospitality received | |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------------| | 18 October | Financial Times | Coffee | | 24 October | Financial Times | Drinks reception | | 31 October | Liberal Democrats | Dinner | | 12 November | Guardian | Lunch | | 25 November | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung | Drinks | | 26 November | Social Liberal Forum | Coffee | | 27 November | Financial Times | Drinks | | 02 December | Financial Times | Drinks reception | | 06 December | Green Investment Bank | Lunch | | 10 December | Confederation of British Industry | Drinks | | 11 December | Will Hutton | Drinks | | 13 December | Adam Smith Institute | Lunch | | 16 December | Centre Forum | Drinks |

### Emily Walch

| Date of hospitality | Name of organisation | Type of hospitality received | |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------------| | 04 October | Bank of England | Lunch | | Month | Name | Purpose of Meeting | |---------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------| | 08 October | Green Investment Bank | Lunch | | 10 October | Ingenious Media, The Dailey Partnership | Dinner | | 17 October | Evening standard | Lunch, | | 25 October | UK Interactive Entertainment | Dinner | | 30 October | BPI The Recorded Music Industry | Ticket to Mercury Music Prize | | 07 November | Spectator | Parliamentarian of the year lunch | | 18 November | Creative England, Google | Drinks reception | | 19 November | Rolls Royce | Dinner | | 21 November | Professional Publishers Association | Dinner | | 22 November | The Times | Dinner | | 26 November | Advertising Association | Drinks reception | | 02 December | Financial Times | Drinks reception | | 03 December | Sky | Drinks reception | | 03 December | The Sunday Times | Drinks reception | | 05 December | Women in Advertising and Communications (WACL) | Dinner | | 06 December | Creative Skillset | Lunch | | 10 December | Birkbeck University | Dinner | | Nick Hillman | | | | 03 October | Universities Alliance | Lunch | | 21 October | Times Higher Education | Lunch | | 22 October | London School of Economics | Lunch and Dinner | | 24 October | The Higher Education Policy Institute, Higher Education Academy, Quality Assurance Agency | Lunch | | 31 October | Connect Communications | Lunch | | 13 November | Sutton Trust | Dinner | | 04 November | GuildHE | Dinner | | 05 November | GuildHE | Lunch | | 14 November | Fulbright Commission, Elsevier | Dinner | | 28 November | Times Higher Education | Dinner | | 03 December | Higher Education Policy Institute | Dinner | | James Wild | | | | 31 October | Conservative Home | Dinner | | 18 November | Matheson & Co | Dinner |

**SPECIAL ADVISERS’ MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES** 1 Staff must record the acceptance of any gift with a value of £10 or more. A gift from a firm or individual which has a retail value of £50 or more is either surrendered to the HR Consultants team or kept and a payment of the value of the gift minus £50 is made to the Department. If the value is less than £50 the gift may be kept, shared with colleagues or displayed in the office with the consent of the Director or their Deputy. The level at which a gift may be retained from foreign governments, government organisations or international organisations is a retail value of £75.

2 Does not normally include attendance at functions hosted by HM Government; ‘diplomatic’ functions in the UK or abroad, hosted by overseas governments; minor refreshments at meetings, receptions, conferences, and seminars; and offers of hospitality which were declined. Staff should record all other hospitality received apart from minor incidental refreshments. * indicates if accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend.

3 Does not include details of meetings where special advisers attended alongside their Ministers.